it provides green cards for 55,000 immigrants with advanced degrees in the sciences. but it also allows the recipient's families to join them and attempt to end the brain drain that hampers the high-tech industry. >> it makes no sense to educate people, bright, talented people and then frankly deport them so they can compete against the united states. >> but the bill infure rated many democrats. it ends the green card lottery that randomly picks 55,000 immigrants regardless of education from countries with low immigration rate. >> that just shows the colleagues still haven't gotten it from the recent election. >> when you have control of the house, senate and white house you did not pass immigration reform. let's stop treating this like a political football. >> republicans were infuriated orve this remark from hank johnson from georgia. >> i don't know what is in the head of those who supporting this bill. but if it's not racist in its intent, it certainly racist in its effect. >> i'm personally insulted that anyone would use even loosely the term of "racism" as part